Sedona✨
- ZuriR
- Sep 16, 2020
- 5 min read
I talked about being lead to Sedona in the last blog. I finally remember how.
It was a few weeks before we left that I decided to try and plan a few activities. One of these was to visit the Grand Canyon, one of the natural wonders of the world. As I was planning our drive from Phoenix up to Grand Canyon National Park and that’s when I saw it. North of PHX and South of GCNP I saw a tiny dot on Apple Maps that said “Sedona”. I think the proximity to the name “Sonoma” in Cali is why I clicked it. I clicked it and these images popped up.
I said whoaaa.
A church and God’s creation? That is so ME. To this day my favorite places in the world are Belize (home team) and Dominica, both sites of God’s wonderful work. Since my trip in 2017 I’ve been telling anyone who will listen that Dominica is the face of God. (The story goes that 💩Columbus💩sighted the island on a Sunday and that’s why it is named from the Latin term Dominica meaning “lordly”).
Anywho that one picture was enough to pull me in and so I decided to look on YouTube for things to do there. That is when I learned that Sedona has longtime been regarded as a spiritual place.
Visitsedona.com says “That it is a cathedral without walls, a Stonehenge not yet assembled.”
And that it was y’all.
Sedona is the most magical place I have ever been. The energy vortices there are like the ones found on Macchu Picchu in Peru and at the Great Pyramid in Egypt. I mean for goodness sake the place has a worldwide reputation of enlightenment. Visitsedona.com says “No one leaves the place unchanged, as the raw physical beauty recalibrates your sense of wonder. It is known to transform your life and that is the true power of Sedona.”
The place did move me. Like Lauryn said like the waters it washed me and moved me around. The nature there allowed me to sit with my thoughts and helped me to implement changes I wanted to make for some time now.
Recently I came out of a very steep Post Partum Depression and a 6 year “Wtf do I do with my life and talents” stint. Thankfully Coronavirus slowed my world down I was able to find resources that helped me get my mental together as well as give me time to figure out who I wanted to be. I remember telling my friends back in March that Quarantine is a very magical time, and not to let the media distract you because the universe was working over time to take us to the next level. Corona is actually responsible for sending me to PHX as Belize’s borders were closed due to it.
In Sedona Tavien and I
went to see a counselor and got our aura pictures done. I saw this being done at a church many years ago (see the kind of churches I visit value the spiritual Im not sure why people don’t understand they are one in the same) and knew I wanted one done. For two days we passed a cute little shop that intrigued me, and I told him if they have that service I’m going to do it!
By photographing my aura I learned which areas are my strengths and where I needed to improve. Our chakras spin greater or smaller depending on our mental, physical and emotional state which creates our surrounding energy, our aura. I bawled (as I usually do) during that session as she discussed my blockages and read me for cleanliness.
While there we hiked through the red rocks, watched sunrises and sunsets and connected with each other in a deeper way. Lemme insert here that the energy I felt beating up from the ground was insane. On two occasions I had to literally breathe and say “Zuri this is what you wanted, do not run.”
And did God provide? We are back home now and everything is different. The conversations I entertain, the thoughts I allow in my mind are different. I, with the super fast crazy brain, am finally back meditating, once in the morning and once at night with my hubby 🤍 (we will soon be including baby).
When I feel anxiety rising in my chest or when I feel that familiar buzzing of energy overload I sit myself down and meditate. Now that I know that my aura is energetic and there’s nothing wrong with me🤪 I no longer feel ashamed of my personality and no longer wish I was like anybody else. It’s just who I am, and I can use it for good.
The place did move me. Like Lauryn said like water it washed me and moved me around. Many mornings I ventured into the Red Rocks alone playing my Kirk Franklin, playing my hymns and going to watch the sunrise and praise God and thank God for all he has done in my life. Recently I came out of Post Partum Depression, and I came out of a 6 year “wtf do I do with my life and talents“ stint. Thankfully for quarantine slowing the world down I was able to find resources that helped me get my mental together, and spent a lot of time figuring out who I wanted to be.
In AZ because of the physical activities I didnt have time to check out any gossiping sites, and to get to the next level I won’t let that stuff in anymore (bye bye shaderoom). My whole utility of instagram and social media has changed. Besides checking on a few friends I’m only on there to learn from other influencers to expand my business. DASSIT. I am finally free from scrolling for hours, wasting so much time that I could use creating.
Speaking of free, I’ve also freed myself from another addiction. Addiction to what you say? GOOD OLE MARY J. For some time now I felt like it was taking up too much space in my life.
The amount of time sessions would steal from my life (hours every single night) to not allowing my mom to come over because I didn’t want her to smell it, to the amount of anxiety it was actually causing me, made me want to stop. And of course the money. I knew that I wanted to stop smoking for some time now because of the mucus it was producing in my body.
Once we got to Phoenix I didn’t have a super strong urge to smoke at all, and after getting some I realized I was done with it. Like I was walking around with a gram and wouldn’t touch it for 4 days, which is unusual for me. I actually only smoked it so not to waste it (it was that Cali good y’all).
I found a spot to watch over the red rocks and participated in my last hurrah. As the high descended over me I knew I wasnt enjoying it. I knew I was done. Oh that felt so good guys ✨
A lot of what happened in Sedona was actually planted here at home, like how I wanted more for myself and wanted to tap in and take control of my life. Sedona helped water that by getting me out of my comfort zone and leaving no room for the things that tried to take a hold on me. Sedona did change my life.
As you know Zullymama is a place for honest motherhood, a place for us to be honest about our experiences and feelings. Please feel free to reach out to me about my travels.
Hubby says we’re going to Sedona once a year from now on, much like going to the temple on Sunday mornings. It’s that kind of place.
Check out my Instagram story @raisingren for more pics of this beautiful trip.
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I could feel the resonance through your words!! FREEDOM 🙏🏾😌 Beautiful Testimony
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful and I’m so proud of you ❤️